No. 13 Georgia Tech Powers Past UNC – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 13 Georgia Tech volleyball (17-3, 8-2 ACC) secured its best 20-match start in the Michelle Collier era with a four-set win over North Carolina (10-9, 4-6 ACC) on Sunday afternoon inside O’Keefe Gymnasium. Tech controlled the match throughout its three set victories, as the Jackets have now won 17 of their first 20 matches for only the fifth time in program history.

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• Tech has now won five matches in a row against UNC and six of the past seven, dating back to the 2017 season. It’s the longest winning streak the Jackets have held over UNC this century and the longest since winning seven in a row from 1993-96.
• This is the 24th consecutive sellout at O’Keefe Gymnasium dating back to the 2021 season.
• Going beyond 2019’s NIVC title, Tech has won 96 of its last 119 matches (.807 winning pct.).
• The White and Gold have won 17 of the first 20 matches this season – tied for the best 20-match start to a season in the Michelle Collier era (also 2021). It is tied for the third-best record through 20 matches in program history (20-0 in 2003 and 18-2 in 1996).
• Tech hit .349 as a team in the win, the highest hitting percentage, in a home match, this season.
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene tied her season high with 23 kills on .348 hitting – the most kills by any hitter in the ACC in a four-set conference match this season.
• It was Otene’s third match with at least 20 kills on .300 hitting this season.
• Otene owns 985 career kills, the most on the roster as she closes in on her 1,000th career kill.
• Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino made 20 kills on .459 hitting, her most efficient match of the season and highest hitting percentage since her freshman season.
• Bertolino and Otene are the only hitters in the ACC to hit 20 kills or more in the same four-set match this season.
• Bertolino added in two aces, giving her 48 aces this season and 102 over her career.
• Senior libero Paola Pimentel secured 21 digs to lead all players. She has made at least 20 digs in four of her last five matches for an average of 5.24 digs/set over that stretch.
• Senior setter Bella D’Amico led the team with 30 assists with freshman setter Heloise Soares adding 21 after entering the match late in the third set.
• Soares made 19 assists in the fourth set alone, helping the Jackets hit .500 as a team in the final set.
• Sophomore middle blocker Anna Boezi set a new career high for blocks/set in a match, making seven blocks (1.75/set). She is averaging .90 blocks/set in…